Strike Me Down and I Shall Become More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine

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Strike Me Down and I Shall Become More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine

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2880 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Description

Three avatars of George Floyd as Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars Episode IV.

The first is Floyd wearing Kenobi's hood in blue. It has a white background and black text, "STRIKE ME DOWN" and "I CAN'T BREATHE."

The second is a color-inverted version of the first, with different text and a purple hood. "I SHALL BECOME MORE POWERFUL" and "JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD."

The third is like the first, with a red hood and "THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE" and "REST IN POWER."

Source

Kenobi's death in the film gave Luke Skywalker a renewed purpose in his revolt against the empire. See UAM-GF_0647 for photograph of this same mural on a different date.

Rights

Photograph by Froukje Akkerman

Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

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Contributor

SE

Subject

George Perry Floyd (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020) was a 46-year-old Black American man who was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin after Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. Floyd’s murder sparked an international movement for Black Lives Matter, the largest civil rights movement of the century. On March 12, 2021, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Floyd's family. On June 25, 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for his crimes.

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Wheatpaste

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